Risk Education and Assessment for Cancer Heredity
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Genetic Predisposition
In brief
Individuals living in geographically underserved areas encounter considerable barriers to access of quality cancer genetic services. Although in-person genetic counseling has generally been accepted as the standard of care, the use of telecommunications to deliver clinical genetic services may help reduce this disparity in access to such services. However, before the widespread adoption of telephone-delivered cancer genetic services occurs, it is critical to analyze the efficacy and safety of this mode of communication. This two-group randomized equivalency/non-inferiority trial will determine whether telephone-based cancer genetic counseling is an acceptable alternative to the traditional in-person mode among women who have a personal or family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer strong enough to warrant genetic counseling and testing. This study's findings will provide important information to cancer centers and cancer control policies about the safety, efficacy, and costs of delivering telephone-based clinical cancer genetic services for geographically challenged women at risk for having Breast Cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) 1/2 mutations.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01346761
- Run by
- University of Utah
- People needed
- 1012
- Starts
- 2009-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-04-14
Who can join
Age: 25 and older, up to 74. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Utah resident
- Meets National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer syndrome (personal and/or family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, or is a member of a family with a known positive BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation).
You may not qualify if…
- Has had genetic counseling and/or BRCA 1/2 testing
- Physically or mentally unable to complete telephone surveys, telephone or in-person counseling or provide informed consent.
- Unable to read and speak English fluently
- Unable to travel to in-person genetic counseling session (17 in-person sites throughout Utah)
- Male gender
Where it is running
- Huntsman Cancer Institute — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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